Website UnitedHealth Group
Position Description
Health care isn’t just changing. It’s growing more complex every day. And that’s what fueled these exciting new opportunities. If you’re looking for a better place to use your passion and your desire to drive change, this is the place to be. It’s an opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm)
The Senior Instructional Designer is responsible for the effective design and development of a wide range of interactive online learning products at Optum360. Using text, data, graphics, sound, animation and other digital and visual effects, this individual expertly creates robust simulations and game-based learning appropriate for courses in the revenue cycle management eLearning curriculum.
You’ll enjoy the flexibility to telecommute* from anywhere within the U.S. as you take on some tough challenges.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Lead the design of complex simulations, scenario-based cases, and animated videos using digital, interactive models of applications
- Create online learning events, assessments, and learning resources that effectively incorporate adult learning principles to ensure individual performance expectations, skill application, and organizational business goals and needs have been achieved
- Introduce innovative design and effectively leverage technology to deliver on instructional goals
- Design rapid prototypes to validate design concepts with stakeholders
- Collaborate with peers, leaders, and various business stakeholders to determine necessary project scope and delivery expectations
- Manage the design of multiple eLearning products and ensure compliance to all project deadlines
- Communicate project status and risks to leaders and course development partners
- Handle multiple projects simultaneously within established time constraints while upholding working relationships with SMEs, stakeholders and other project team members
Required Qualifications:
- 3+ years’ experience media design and development experience from concept to delivery, with a proven track record of meeting deadlines
- Excellent concept, graphic design and typography skills
- Experience in optimizing graphics and media for the web
- Strong understanding of user-centered design and usability to deliver intuitive graphics and online learning for adult learners
- Advanced skills in Adobe Creative Cloud, Storyline 3.0, Epiplex, Assima or similar software
- Expert at preparing scripts and developing storyboards in Storyline 360 using Articulate Review
- Highly proficient in HTML coding/CSS/JavaScript/jQuery/XML and proven experience with web standards interactivity and media integration
- Strong prioritization and time management skills
- Ability to grasp new concepts quickly, an extreme attention to detail, strong communication skills
- Experience with online portfolio/website creation
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in design (graphics communication, new media design, instructional design) or related field
- Proven familiarity with learning management systems
- Proven successful collaboration and work experience with learning and performance solutions teams/education, training and development teams/eLearning teams
- Excellent knowledge of adult learning theories and instructional design models
- Experience with Agile ADDIE methodology and rapid development
- Proficient in Microsoft Office applications, specifically PowerPoint, SharePoint, WebEx
- Background in healthcare industry
Careers with Optum. Here’s the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world?s large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life’s best work.(sm)
*All Telecommuters will be required to adhere to UnitedHealth Group’s Telecommuter Policy.
Diversity creates a healthier atmosphere: UnitedHealth Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.
UnitedHealth Group is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.
Job Keywords: Analysis, instructional design and development, project management, communication, relationship building, time and meeting management, and detail oriented
Job Details
- Requisition Number826846
- Job TitleSenior Instructional/Graphic Media Designer (Eden Prairie, MN or Telecommute)
- Job FamilyTraining
- Business SegmentOptumInsight
Job Location Information
- Eden Prairie, MN
United States
North America
Additional Job Detail Information
- Employee StatusRegular
- ScheduleFull-time
- Job LevelIndividual Contributor
- ShiftDay Job
- TravelYes, 25 % of the Time
- Telecommuter PositionYes
- Overtime StatusExempt